Going away to learn to drive.

Residential driving courses often seem like a good idea. You get away from the distractions at home and have time and space to think, concentrate and relax into the subject. Some course providers will include the cost of a hotel in the price for the course – beware! This is a great way for them to actually make more money out of you. You may find that you’re subsidising a back-hander to the course provider for a sub-standard hotel. Being stuck in a fleapit for a week is hardly going to help you to learn how to drive.

Another concern is that you don’t have the comforts of home around you. People often get depressed and lonely when away on their own, so take care of your emotional health when planning your intensive course – ensure you’ve got a bit of support when you need it. People learn best when they’re happy and optimistic.

Probably the most obvious issue with learning to drive away from home is that…….., you’re away from home! This can help those who are self-concious – you won’t want to hide in the footwell because you spot your friends on the streetcorner you’re approaching. However, a lack of local knowledge means that you will need to deal with exactly what you can see during your test. Your trainer will undoubtedly try to cover the roads they anticipate being used on the driving test, but in a week it would be impossible to cover everywhere. Taking your test in your home town has the benefit that you know where you are and you can anticipate trouble ahead while driving.

Whatever you decide, do as much research as you can, while being realistic about how you learn best. Good luck!

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Depending on your experience, you could visit us for just 5 days and we will give you all the skills you need in order to quickly pass your automatic driving test!

A new generation of intensive driving course:

We will help you to gain your driving licence in an automatic car. By removing the confusion caused by gears and a clutch pedal we can immediately overcome many of the technical difficulties that hold people back when they first learn to drive.

Welcome to the Future:

Autos are now available as an option on most small and city-friendly cars as well as 4x4s and luxury saloons, so you have a huge choice of vehicles once you have your licence.

Learning to drive in an automatic cuts out the huge amount of time needed to learn the mechanical skills, giving you more opportunity to really understand how to drive confidently and safely. See our Automatic Driving page for more information.

£300 Cash Back!

We are so confident that if you do not pass at the end of your course we will give you back £300 so that you can continue your training; gaining that driving licence and your independence as soon as possible. We can’t offer you a guaranteed pass – but this makes sure that we are trying our best. See our Course Prices page for more details.

Your intensive auto course instructor:

Is a Driving Standards Agency Approved Driving Instructor (DSA ADI), and a Fleet Registered Driver Trainer. An experienced driving coach, he has trained a wide range of customers from learner drivers to driving professionals. He will bring a wealth of experience, patience and professionalism to your training.

Suitable for Beginners:

Suitable for absolute beginners as well as those with some driving experience, each day is structured in order to get the most out of your concentration and abilities. Regular breaks are scheduled to relax and allow you to really understand what you are doing. At the end of each day you will receive a full breakdown of each session ready to review overnight before starting again. Have a look at Why Choose Intensive? to help you decide if our course is for you.

Where do you take the course?

Currently we run the courses from the Heysham (near Lancaster and Morecambe), Kendal and Barrow-in-Furness driving test centres. Residential courses can be arranged, see our Residential page for details of some hotels in the area.

If you have any questions about the course, read through the information on the site, and if the answer isn’t there – feel free to email us:

info@oneweekdrivingpass.co.uk

In order to help you work out which course is right for you, we offer a discounted assessment day (5 hours of driving), which will give you a chance to get to know us and the car you will learn in. This day also gives us a chance to assess how much experience you have, assess what coaching methods will suit your learning style, and give you an honest recommendation for which course we feel would suit you and give you the best chance of passing in the shortest time.

Assessment Day:
(5 hours of driving – £89, and we’ll take £89 off the course we recommend!)

At the end of your assessment day we will suggest a course that is suitable for you. If you are happy with our suggestion then we will put in place our Pass Promise, and we will reduce the price of your course by the £89 you pay for the assessment day!

As you can see from our prices – we have good reasons for recommending the most suitable course for you – if we feel you can pass quick – we will earn more. But if we recommend the wrong course we lose money.

We have no incentive to recommend that you take more training than you need.

3 Day Course & Test:

This is our shortest course – we recommend this course if you have previously failed a driving test, or have had a lot of driving experience in a manual car and want to transfer to automatic.

15 hours of driving – £745 (or 20 hours with the assessment day)

With the Pass Promise of £300 cash back if unsuccessful.

5 Day Course & Test:

This is our regular course, starting on Monday morning and working through ready for a test on the Friday. We recommend this course for those who have had some driving experience. Complete novices who manage to progress well during the assessment day will also be offered this course.

25 hours of driving – £895 (or 30 with the assessment day)

With the Pass Promise of £300 cash back if unsuccessful.

7 Day Course & Test:

This is our complete beginners course – usually suitable for those who have had no driving experience and those who have been outside education or professional training situations for some years. This is not seven consecutive days of learning, and will be split depending on your circumstances and learning style. It may be, for example, one full day a week for two weeks, followed by a five day course. We also recommend this course for the large number of customers we have who want to overcome their nerves – we have a lot of experience in this area and can give you confidence to be driving safely given the extra time!

35 hours driving – £1045 (or 40 hours with the assessment day)

With the Pass Promise of £300 cash back if unsuccessful.

Our Pass Promise – £300 CashBack:

If you complete the course we recommend but don’t manage to pass your test – we give you £300 back in order for you to take a little more training and book another test!

There’s really no catches to this one. We really want to help you pass and gain your independence. This is our incentive to help you and guarantee your peace of mind. If you don’t pass the first time you are welcome to come on one of our refresher days:

Refresher day if unsuccessful on your first test:

5 hours driving – £120

Designed specifically for those who have taken a course with ourselves – we target all of your training towards strengthening your driving confidence and technique – and remember that this time you know what to do!

If you’d like to get in touch with us – feel free to email for more information:

info@oneweekdrivingpass.co.uk